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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A That the first group to attempt to settle an area will be successful if they adapt to their new environment.
B That the first people to arrive in an area gain an advantage over subsequent groups.
C That the first treaty to be agreed upon is not always the most effective.
D That groups who are the first to successfully settle a place have the longest impacts on its cultural landscape.
Question #2
A The Pacific Northwest, California, and present-day Southeastern United States
B The Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Intermontane West
C The Southwest and Hawaii
D The Northeast (Atlantic Periphery) and around the Great Lakes
Question #3
A Beads
B Tobacco
C Land
D Furs
Question #4
A The dispute between Mexico and the United States over much of the southwestern territory
B The dispute between Spain and the United States over Florida
C The dispute over the Oregon Territory
D The dispute between Russia and the United States over Alaska
Question #5
A The Mississippi River
B The St. Lawrence River
C The Ohio River
D The Potomac River
Question #6
A Dutch settlements were disorganized and the government had trouble maintaining control.
B Native attacks on Dutch settlements were too costly, with too little reward.
C The British government bought the Dutch settlements and land in exchange for concessions in continental Europe.
D Dutch settlers were considered employees of the Dutch East India Company leading many settlers to leave for increased freedom in British colonies.
Question #7
A The French
B The Spanish
C The British
D The Portuguese
Question #8
A In Canada
B In both the United States and Canada
C Actually there were no national laws excluding Chinese immigration in either country
D In the United States
Question #9
A Georgia
B Kentucky
C North Carolina
D Colorado
E Nevada
Question #10
A 2. 5 million
B 500,000
C 1 million
D 6 million
Question #11
A Romantic nationalism
B Manifest destiny
C Continentalism
D American exceptionalism
Question #12
A Continuous gateways
B Re-emerging gateways
C Pre-emerging gateways
D Foreign gateways
E Post-World War II gateways
Question #13
A Mississippi and Alabama
B South Carolina and Florida
C New York, Connecticut and Delaware
D Massachusetts, Rode Island, and Vermont
Question #14
A Sierra Leone
B Senegal
C Congo
D Kenya
E Angola
Question #15
A St. George’s, Bermuda
B Jamestown, Virginia
C Roanoke, Virginia
D Plymouth, Massachusetts
Question #16
A The French
B The Russians
C The Swiss
D The Mexicans
E The Dutch
Question #17
A Merchants in Europe needed new products to fuel an increasing demand for luxuries.
B European monarchs needed money to repay the merchants who supported their regimes.
C Wars in Europe led to displaced peoples needing to find a new home.
D Food shortages in Europe led to the need to new farming lands.
Question #18
A The system divided the landscape into even, equally size rectangles, allowing for quick division of land and rapid settlement.
B Each farmer could decide for himself how much land he wanted and what the boundaries of his property would be.
C All of these are correct answer choices
D Each farmer could have access to the waterfront, which allowed for the easy transportation of crops.
Question #19
A Forest lowlands of the East Coast
B The Rocky Mountains
C The lack of harbors on the east coast of the United States
D The Appalachian Mountains
E The Mississippi River
Question #20
A 200 years ago, about 25% of the population lived in cities
B The first migration of Blacks from the south to the north began around 1910
C The movement west across the United States began in earnest around 1850
D Currently, the fastest growing states are in the West
E North America had a population of around 4 million at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans
Question #21
A Place-names, food preferences, clothing styles, environmental attitudes and spiritual belief.
B Spiritual beliefs, common words, clothing styles, and medicines.
C Modern artistic styles, clothing styles, housing styles, and food preferences.
D Environmental attitudes, music, housing styles, and place-names.
Question #22
A Lot and block
B Metes and bounds
C Township and range
D Long Lots
Question #23
A From Spain to the British
B From the Spain to the United States
C From Mexico to the British
D From Mexico to the United States
Question #24
A Chain migration
B Voluntary migration
C Forced migration
D Reluctant migration
Question #25
A The British
B The Vikings
C The French
D The Spanish
Question #26
A Imperialism
B Interventionism
C Expansionism
D Domination
Question #27
A By 1800, the Native-American population had been reduced to about 1 million by the spread of diseases brought to North America by European settlers
B The major pull factor for immigrants coming to the United States is economic activity
C According to the 2000 Census, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota all have a large Native American population
D Today, the majority of immigrants to the United States are Hispanic
E About 1/3 of all Native Americans live in cities; most others live on reservations
Question #28
A Lot and block
B Long Lot
C Township and range
D Metes and bounds
Question #29
A Germany
B England
C France
D Spain
Question #30
A New Netherlands
B New England
C New France
D New Spain
E New Ireland
Question #31
A Cities like New Orleans, Denver and Phoenix are areas of secondary megalopolitan growth
B States losing representatives to Congress due to population declines tend to be Northern states
C Population densities tend to be highest in urban areas east of the Mississippi
D States showing the biggest percentage loss of population tend to be the interior Great Plains states
E If I were Lutheran I would most likely be living in Utah
Question #32
A Codices
B Nitriensis
C Palimpsest
D Quarto
Question #33
A Pueblos — Villas — Ciudades
B Villas —Ciudades — Pueblos
C Villas — Pueblos — Ciudades
D Ciudades — Villas — Pueblos
Question #34
A The Preemption Act of 1841
B The Castello Plan of 1822
C The Dawes Act
D The Homestead Act
Question #35
A Panethnotransference
B The Columbian Exchange
C The Feral Exchange
D Cultural Diffusion